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I never leaked wit my first even when my milk finally came in! I did have to top her up by cup feeding for the first couple of days but then I successfully breast fed her u TIL she was 15mo.
For the first few days you produce colostrum, then after a few days your milk should come in.

Have you tried hand expressing a little to see what comes out? Worth a try, I was doing this in the hope to get baby to latch on & feed as I was concerned I wasn’t producing anything as he was screaming (turns out he’s tongue tied so just having to express now to keep up supply whilst I wait for the referral to sort this out) I was getting droplets of the clear waterey type liquid, the next stage from there was my nipples were leaking when baby was screaming whilst trying to get him to latch! The next day, my chest resembled 2 airbags (day 4) I used an electric pump & got 2oz off (1per breast) quite impressive as I hadn’t pumped! Just returned to bed from night pumping ready for his next feed & 20mins per breast has provided his next feed of 120ml! I’m pumping 4 times a day & the bruiser is also being topped up with formula as there’s no filling him!

I exclusively breast fed my first. Never ever leaked and tried ever fancy pump out there but couldn’t for the life of me express! My little one never had any formula and she did amazing. If the baby is producing wet nappies then trust the baby is getting enough. Your baby will dictate how much milk he/she needs which may result in cluster feeding for those first few weeks. Exhausting but TOTALLY worth it in the long run. Good luck! Xx

First few days it's the tiniest amount and then you have a big swell but still not necessarily leaking. Can you hear baby swallow at all? And if sometimes you feed and baby gets sleepy rather than crying I'd imagine it's getting some. Also, expressing tiny amounts is fine for top ups. I too used formula for the first 3 days but then stopped as soon as baby would properly latch and day 3 milk comes in. No problem with formula but it can seriously damage your supply build up especially at this early stage. The baby is suppose to be on and off constantly trying to get more and it's little efforts encourage the supply to meet demand. I think it's what is really the hard part of breastfeeding, the emotional struggle of feeling they're not getting enough. Don't worry about leaking. Listen out for swallowing and maybe with support from the feeding team try to resist the formula. They'll help you monitor weight and nappies so you can get back to the formula if needed if you are getting a latch then that's a massive part. good luck! It's emotional and tiring but hopefully will get better x

Also- if you go down the road of topping up with formula, this will mess up y...

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08/09/2018

Also- if you go down the road of topping up with formula, this will mess up your milk supply. Just so’s you’re aware. You may want to do both which is fine but just so’s you are aware xx

Thank you I’m only topping up with formula at the moment as baby was 8lb 2 but now 7lb 5...midwife knows this and said I was doing the right thing topping up...hopefully on Sunday next weigh will be better result x

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